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Shogun is a new version of the 1975 James Clavell novel, and I do remember seeing some of the 1980 TV adaptation with Richard Chamberlain, but then I was far too young to appreciate a …
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Category: TV Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio
Avatar: The Last Airbender takes the fantasy tale from the animated series, and turns it into a live-action one, which could’ve possibly been a risky move, given that the last outing for Aang & co. …
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Constellation – The DVDfever Review – Apple TV+ – Noomi Rapace
Constellation begins with Jo Ericsson (Noomi Rapace – Black Crab) on the run with her daughter, Alice, trying to keep her safe from whatever’s out there. Meanwhile, somehow, she also hears the girl screaming, even …
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Breathtaking – The DVDfever Review – ITV drama – Joanne Froggatt
Breathtaking gets deep into the heart of how the COVID19 pandemic hit the UK, with Joanne Froggatt in the lead role of Dr Abbey Henderson. COVID19 took hold in the UK when the most corrupt …
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The Way – The DVDfever Review – BBC drama – Michael Sheen
The Way sets the scene for a potentially powerful drama, set against the backdrop of a Welsh steelworker village where strikes are about to blight the town, but then they’re necessary in a Tory era. …
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Einstein and the Bomb – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Aidan McArdle
Einstein and the Bomb centres around Albert Einstein (obvs), portrayed by Aidan McArdle (Ridley), where he’s a professor at the University of Princeton, New Jersey in 1955, reflecting on Oppenheimer’s bomb tests, as shown in …
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Too Good To Be True – The DVDfever Review – Channel 5 drama – Kara Tointon
Too Good To Be True sees Rachel (Kara Tointon) and son Liam (Charlie Hodson-Prior) running away unknown from something in the middle of the night, leading to her only safe haven being working her hotel …
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House Of Ninjas – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Japanese drama
House Of Ninjas opens to a tune I wasn’t expecting – Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s Our House, while stealthy ninjas are being stealthy, and it’s the last thing I expected to adorn a Japanese …
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Alice And Jack – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Andrea Riseborough, Domhnall Gleeson
Alice and Jack tells of a relationship which starts strong between two great actors in Andrea Riseborough (Crocodile: Black Mirror) and Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker). When we first meet …
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A Killer Paradox – The DVDfever Review – Netflix – Korean drama
A Killer Paradox centres around convenience store worker Lee Tang (Choi Woo-sik), who’s having a very tedious day, moaning that “nothing spectacular” happens in his life. Similarly, I’ll also be a bit boring by not …
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